He shot 3 under par in the first round, below the projected cut line early in Round 2. Also right around that mark were Rasmus Højgaard, Keegan Bradley, Byeong Hun An and Akshay Bhatia. Defending Rocket Classic winner Cam Davis has a lot of work to do to avoid missing the cut,

Jake Knapp broke the course record set in Thursday's first round by Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter. They each posted a 62 but a day later, Knapp, who shot even-par 72 in Round 1, shot 11-under 61.